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The Korean War in Asia

A Hidden History

Edited by Tessa Morris-Suzuki

This book takes a fresh look at the Korean War by considering the conflict from a Northeast Asian regional perspective. It highlights the connections of the war to earlier conflicts in the region and examines the human impact of the war on neighboring countries, focusing particularly on the ways in which the Korean War shaped regional cross-border movements of people, goods, and ideas (including hopes and fears). It also considers the lasting consequences of these movements for the region’s society and politics.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 238 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
978-1-5381-1189-5 • Hardback • February 2018 • $103.00 • (£79.00)
978-1-5381-1190-1 • Paperback • February 2018 • $47.00 • (£36.00)
978-1-5381-1191-8 • eBook • February 2018 • $44.50 • (£35.00)
Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
Subjects: History / Asia / General, History / Asia / Korea, History / Military / Korean War, History / World, Social Science / Regional Studies
Courses: History; Asia; Korea, History; Asia; East Asia
Tessa Morris-Suzuki is professor in the School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, the Australian National University.
List of Figures, Map, and Tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Korean War, the Region, and the World
Tessa Morris-Suzuki
Chapter 1: A Fire on the Other Shore? Japan and the Korean War Order
Tessa Morris-Suzuki
Chapter 2: The Korean War and Manchuria: Economic, Social, and Human Effects
Mo Tian
Chapter 3: From One Divided Country to Another: The Korean War in Mongolia
Li Narangoa
Chapter 4: Victory with Minimum Effort: How Nationalist China 'Won' the Korean War
Catherine Churchman
Chapter 5: The Other Legacy of the Korean War: Okinawa and the Fear of World War III
Pedro Iacobelli
Chapter 6: A War across Borders: The Strange Journey of Prisoner No. 600,001
Tessa Morris-Suzuki
Chapter 7: The Life and Death of Line-Crossers: The Secret Chinese Agents of UNPIK
Catherine Churchman
Chapter 8: The United States, Japan, and the Undercover War in Korea
Tessa Morris-Suzuki
Epilogue: Northeast Asia and the Never-Ending War
Tessa Morris-Suzuki
Bibliography

Index
This remarkable book’s unique approach makes it one of most important works we have on the Korean War. Rather than attempt to answer traditional questions regarding origins or battle tactics, it traces the domino effect of the war on governments and peoples peripherally related to the actual slaughter itself. In providing a multi-dimensional perspective on the extent to which this war profoundly affected the broader region, the authors advance our knowledge of the ‘forgotten’ war while offering a model for adopting a wider perspective on wars in general. This study will be essential reading to all those interested in Korea and modern war.
— Mark Caprio, Rikkyo University, Japan


The collection of essays in this anthology represents an important moment in the study of the Korean War. First, the field of Korean War studies is no longer dominated by macroanalyses of Cold War geopolitics. The “view from above” will no doubt continue, as it should, but this volume’s second contribution is how “forgotten” can be redefined. Typically, “forgotten” means the war’s absence from US historical memory. Few Americans learn much about the war in high school history classes, and even fewer are aware of the war’s role in establishing a permanent military industrial complex in the US. But these essays detail how Japan and Taiwan’s participation in the world is forgotten or ignored, the effect of the war on the lives of individuals not from the peninsula, and the unexpected connections between the war and countries like Mongolia. For example, one essay describes the lone Japanese POW and how his life ties together several wars, countries, and armies into an integrated East Asian and micro-historical view of the war. A wonderful balance to the top-heavy studies of the Korean War, which students will appreciate.



Summing Up: Highly recommended. All public and academic levels/libraries.
— Choice Reviews


A truly essential book at a critical juncture for Northeast Asia. In lucid prose and with far-ranging examples, Tessa Morris-Suzuki and her fellow authors powerfully reveal that the ‘very divergent ways in which the Korean War is remembered and forgotten in the countries that participated in the conflict have the power to fuel present and future regional tensions.’ This should be required reading for everyone involved in thinking about Korea and its place in the world today.
— Alexis Dudden, University of Connecticut


Tessa Morris-Suzuki, editor of the volume under review, in addition to writing the introduction and epilogue has contributed three excellent chapters. . . . the book makes a significant and original contribution to our understanding of the Korean War and is a welcome addition to the literature on the conflict.
— Pacific Affairs


This remarkable book’s unique approach makes it one of most important works we have on the Korean War. Rather than attempt to answer traditional questions regarding origins or battle tactics, it traces the domino effect of the war on governments and peoples peripherally related to the actual slaughter itself. In providing a multi-dimensional perspective on the extent to which this war profoundly affected the broader region, the authors advance our knowledge of the ‘forgotten’ war while offering a model for adopting a wider perspective on wars in general. This study will be essential reading to all those interested in Korea and modern war.
— Mark Caprio, Rikkyo University, Japan


A truly essential book at a critical juncture for Northeast Asia. In lucid prose and with far-ranging examples, Tessa Morris-Suzuki and her fellow authors powerfully reveal that ‘the very divergent ways in which the Korean War is remembered and forgotten in the countries that participated in the conflict have the power to fuel present and future regional tensions.’ This should be required reading for everyone involved in thinking about Korea and its place in the world today.
— Alexis Dudden, University of Connecticut


• Winner, Choice Outstanding Academic Title (2018)

The Korean War in Asia

A Hidden History

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Summary
Summary
  • This book takes a fresh look at the Korean War by considering the conflict from a Northeast Asian regional perspective. It highlights the connections of the war to earlier conflicts in the region and examines the human impact of the war on neighboring countries, focusing particularly on the ways in which the Korean War shaped regional cross-border movements of people, goods, and ideas (including hopes and fears). It also considers the lasting consequences of these movements for the region’s society and politics.
Details
Details
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
    Pages: 238 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
    978-1-5381-1189-5 • Hardback • February 2018 • $103.00 • (£79.00)
    978-1-5381-1190-1 • Paperback • February 2018 • $47.00 • (£36.00)
    978-1-5381-1191-8 • eBook • February 2018 • $44.50 • (£35.00)
    Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
    Subjects: History / Asia / General, History / Asia / Korea, History / Military / Korean War, History / World, Social Science / Regional Studies
    Courses: History; Asia; Korea, History; Asia; East Asia
Author
Author
  • Tessa Morris-Suzuki is professor in the School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, the Australian National University.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • List of Figures, Map, and Tables
    Acknowledgements
    Introduction: The Korean War, the Region, and the World
    Tessa Morris-Suzuki
    Chapter 1: A Fire on the Other Shore? Japan and the Korean War Order
    Tessa Morris-Suzuki
    Chapter 2: The Korean War and Manchuria: Economic, Social, and Human Effects
    Mo Tian
    Chapter 3: From One Divided Country to Another: The Korean War in Mongolia
    Li Narangoa
    Chapter 4: Victory with Minimum Effort: How Nationalist China 'Won' the Korean War
    Catherine Churchman
    Chapter 5: The Other Legacy of the Korean War: Okinawa and the Fear of World War III
    Pedro Iacobelli
    Chapter 6: A War across Borders: The Strange Journey of Prisoner No. 600,001
    Tessa Morris-Suzuki
    Chapter 7: The Life and Death of Line-Crossers: The Secret Chinese Agents of UNPIK
    Catherine Churchman
    Chapter 8: The United States, Japan, and the Undercover War in Korea
    Tessa Morris-Suzuki
    Epilogue: Northeast Asia and the Never-Ending War
    Tessa Morris-Suzuki
    Bibliography

    Index
Reviews
Reviews
  • This remarkable book’s unique approach makes it one of most important works we have on the Korean War. Rather than attempt to answer traditional questions regarding origins or battle tactics, it traces the domino effect of the war on governments and peoples peripherally related to the actual slaughter itself. In providing a multi-dimensional perspective on the extent to which this war profoundly affected the broader region, the authors advance our knowledge of the ‘forgotten’ war while offering a model for adopting a wider perspective on wars in general. This study will be essential reading to all those interested in Korea and modern war.
    — Mark Caprio, Rikkyo University, Japan


    The collection of essays in this anthology represents an important moment in the study of the Korean War. First, the field of Korean War studies is no longer dominated by macroanalyses of Cold War geopolitics. The “view from above” will no doubt continue, as it should, but this volume’s second contribution is how “forgotten” can be redefined. Typically, “forgotten” means the war’s absence from US historical memory. Few Americans learn much about the war in high school history classes, and even fewer are aware of the war’s role in establishing a permanent military industrial complex in the US. But these essays detail how Japan and Taiwan’s participation in the world is forgotten or ignored, the effect of the war on the lives of individuals not from the peninsula, and the unexpected connections between the war and countries like Mongolia. For example, one essay describes the lone Japanese POW and how his life ties together several wars, countries, and armies into an integrated East Asian and micro-historical view of the war. A wonderful balance to the top-heavy studies of the Korean War, which students will appreciate.



    Summing Up: Highly recommended. All public and academic levels/libraries.
    — Choice Reviews


    A truly essential book at a critical juncture for Northeast Asia. In lucid prose and with far-ranging examples, Tessa Morris-Suzuki and her fellow authors powerfully reveal that the ‘very divergent ways in which the Korean War is remembered and forgotten in the countries that participated in the conflict have the power to fuel present and future regional tensions.’ This should be required reading for everyone involved in thinking about Korea and its place in the world today.
    — Alexis Dudden, University of Connecticut


    Tessa Morris-Suzuki, editor of the volume under review, in addition to writing the introduction and epilogue has contributed three excellent chapters. . . . the book makes a significant and original contribution to our understanding of the Korean War and is a welcome addition to the literature on the conflict.
    — Pacific Affairs


    This remarkable book’s unique approach makes it one of most important works we have on the Korean War. Rather than attempt to answer traditional questions regarding origins or battle tactics, it traces the domino effect of the war on governments and peoples peripherally related to the actual slaughter itself. In providing a multi-dimensional perspective on the extent to which this war profoundly affected the broader region, the authors advance our knowledge of the ‘forgotten’ war while offering a model for adopting a wider perspective on wars in general. This study will be essential reading to all those interested in Korea and modern war.
    — Mark Caprio, Rikkyo University, Japan


    A truly essential book at a critical juncture for Northeast Asia. In lucid prose and with far-ranging examples, Tessa Morris-Suzuki and her fellow authors powerfully reveal that ‘the very divergent ways in which the Korean War is remembered and forgotten in the countries that participated in the conflict have the power to fuel present and future regional tensions.’ This should be required reading for everyone involved in thinking about Korea and its place in the world today.
    — Alexis Dudden, University of Connecticut


Awards
Awards
  • • Winner, Choice Outstanding Academic Title (2018)

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